Adobe patch advisory covers 19 products with code execution flaws
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MS-ISAC advisory documents 35 vulnerabilities across Adobe products including Photoshop, Illustrator, and ColdFusion; no active exploitation reported.
MS-ISAC has published advisory 2025-050 documenting 35 vulnerabilities across 19 Adobe products and services, the most severe of which enable arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged-on user. The affected software includes creative suite applications (Photoshop 2024–2025, Illustrator 2024–2025, InDesign ID19–20, Animate 2023–2024, Lightroom 8.2, Dreamweaver 21.4), enterprise software (ColdFusion 2021–2025, Connect 12.8), and 3D design tools (Substance 3D Painter, Modeler, Stager, Dimension, Bridge). Vulnerability classes include out-of-bounds writes, integer overflows and underflows, use-after-free conditions, heap-based buffer overflows, type confusion, null pointer dereferences, and for ColdFusion specifically, OS command injection, improper access control, and path traversal.
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute code with the privileges of the logged-in user, potentially installing malware, modifying or deleting data, or creating new administrative accounts. The advisory explicitly states there are currently no reports of these vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild. Defenders should prioritize patching in order of system criticality; users running applications with administrative privileges face higher risk. ColdFusion instances are of particular concern given the presence of command injection and access control flaws alongside input validation issues.
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Detection guidance
Adobe Creative Application Spawning Shell or Script Interpreter
Adobe creative/3D desktop applications launching command shells, script hosts or LOLBins, consistent with exploitation of a document-parsing memory corruption flaw. Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.
title: Adobe Creative Application Spawning Shell or Script Interpreter
description: Detects Adobe desktop applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
Animate, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, Bridge, Substance 3D, Dimension) spawning command
interpreters or common download/execute LOLBins. Post-exploitation behaviour after
a code-execution flaw in a malicious file, regardless of the specific CVE.
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1203
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_parent:
ParentImage|endswith:
- \Photoshop.exe
- \Illustrator.exe
- \InDesign.exe
- \Animate.exe
- \Dreamweaver.exe
- \Lightroom.exe
- \Adobe Bridge.exe
- \Adobe Dimension.exe
- \Adobe Substance 3D Painter.exe
- \Adobe Substance 3D Stager.exe
- \Adobe Substance 3D Modeler.exe
selection_child:
Image|endswith:
- \cmd.exe
- \powershell.exe
- \pwsh.exe
- \wscript.exe
- \cscript.exe
- \mshta.exe
- \rundll32.exe
- \regsvr32.exe
- \certutil.exe
- \bitsadmin.exe
- \msiexec.exe
condition: selection_parent and selection_child
falsepositives:
- Third-party Photoshop/Illustrator plugins or export scripts that shell out to cmd.exe
- Adobe installer or updater helpers launching msiexec
level: medium
id: 7af43ba1-16c4-53fc-8369-aac7c62e901a
status: experimental
author: Vorant
references:
- https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-products-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2025-050
ColdFusion Server Process Spawning Shell or Recon Command
ColdFusion service process spawning cmd/PowerShell or LOLBins, indicative of OS command injection exploitation. Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.
title: ColdFusion Server Process Spawning Shell or Recon Command
description: Detects the Adobe ColdFusion server process (coldfusion.exe, or java.exe
running from a ColdFusion install directory) spawning command interpreters or reconnaissance/download
utilities, consistent with exploitation of OS command injection or access control
flaws.
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1203
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_parent_cf:
ParentImage|endswith: \coldfusion.exe
selection_parent_java:
ParentImage|endswith: \java.exe
ParentImage|contains: \ColdFusion
selection_child:
Image|endswith:
- \cmd.exe
- \powershell.exe
- \pwsh.exe
- \wscript.exe
- \cscript.exe
- \mshta.exe
- \certutil.exe
- \bitsadmin.exe
- \whoami.exe
- \net.exe
- \net1.exe
- \curl.exe
condition: 1 of selection_parent_* and selection_child
falsepositives:
- Applications using cfexecute to run legitimate batch scripts
- ColdFusion administrative scheduled tasks invoking cmd.exe
level: high
id: 1943b2eb-98b4-56ef-8499-2489dd83331e
status: experimental
author: Vorant
references:
- https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-products-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2025-050
Behavioural rules are generated from public reporting — validate in your environment before deploying.
Source reporting: https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-products-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2025-050
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